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Title: PL-Genus of surfaces in homology balls
Abstract We consider manifold-knot pairs$$(Y,K)$$, whereYis a homology 3-sphere that bounds a homology 4-ball. We show that the minimum genus of a PL surface$$\Sigma $$in a homology ballX, such that$$\partial (X, \Sigma ) = (Y, K)$$can be arbitrarily large. Equivalently, the minimum genus of a surface cobordism in a homology cobordism from$$(Y, K)$$to any knot in$$S^3$$can be arbitrarily large. The proof relies on Heegaard Floer homology.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1928930
PAR ID:
10516349
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Cambridge University Press
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Forum of Mathematics, Sigma
Volume:
12
ISSN:
2050-5094
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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